Mitten.



R. N. CARSON:

MITTEN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1 4, I917,-

Patented Jan. 22, 1918.

' INVENTOR fi0e7 f J1 627 5072.

WITNESSES:

EDBERT Ill. CARSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, UALIFORNIA,

MITTEN.

specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jam. 22, A912.

Application filed May 14, 1917. Serial No. 168,403.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ROBERT N. CARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mittens, of which the following isa specification. 7

My invention relates to improvements in mittens, such as are worn for the protectlon of the hands against the elements, or for rough work.

It consists of patterns, so cut and united that the mitten may be reversible and may be .worn upon either hand, to provide, a maximum of service from a minimum of material.

It also comprises details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, m which 1 Figure 1 is a view, showing the front and a rear main patterns.

Fig. 2 is a view of the front thumb pattern. I

Fig. 3 is a view of the rear thumb pattern.

Fig. 4 is a view of the wrist extension.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the mitten.

It is the object of this invention to produce a mitten of simple and reversible character, including the least amount of any given material, and of such construct on as will allow of varying combinations in the utilization of materials which may be used most economically.

One of the main difficulties in the production of a mitten has been the size of the pat tern generally required for its construction, in both the body and thumb portions, and the high cost, owing to the rapid advance in the cost of materials. My improvement is constructed to overcome these conditions and enable the use of lower grades of material in certain portions of the mitten.

As shown in the drawings, A and A are the main pieces or patterns which are made exactly alike and can be utilized for elther the front or back. The inner thumb portion 2 is made sufiiciently broad to partially surround the thumb, and may be approximately equal to two-thirds of the circumference. It is so shaped that it may be interchangeable and reversible. The back ortion 3 covers about onethird of the clrcumference in width and is also shaped to be interchange able and reversible. The band or wrist extension 4 answers for either front or back of the wrist and is also interchangeable and re versible'.

In the constructionof the mitten from the parts here shown, the part 2 is stitched to the part A about two inches from its base, as at 5. The lower edge of the part 2 is cut at an incline from the point 9 to a central polnt 10, and thence inclines downwardly to the point 11. The line of this inner thumb portion from 9 to 10 is then stitched along the edge of the pattern A to the point 6, which coincides with the center point 10 of the pattern 2. From this point the line 1011 is stitched along the edge of thevpart A from 7 to 8. This completes the union of the lnner thumb base with the two parts A and A of the mitten.

From the parts thus formed the sides of the back pattern 3 are now attached from 12 to 13 to the pattern A from its point 18 to i the point 5, and thence continuing upwardly from the junction with the inner member at 9 to the center of the top curve where the arch 14: of the member 3 is united with the member 2 at the point 15. Thence the stitching is carried between the two members 2 and 3, along the edges to the points 11 and 16 of the two members. Thence the stitching is carried down upon the member A from the point 8 to the point 19 at the wrist portion.

This completes the mitten proper, with its thumb so attached, with relation tothe parts A and A, that the mitten may be used upon either hand with equally good effect. The completion of the mitten is effected by stitching or attaching the wrist piece A which is connected across the lower edge, beginning at a point 22 of pattern A, continuing to 19 and thence from 18 to 23 on pattern A. The finishing of the mitten is then made complete by stitching or otherwise attaching the edges of the patterns A and A, commencing at the points 6 and 7, where they are united to the thumb front at 10, and continuing the stitching over the curve of the top of the mitten torming a union of the parts A and and A at 20 and 21, and thence continuing the stitching to finally unite the base of the mitten at the points 22 and 23.

A piece of reinforcing material may be stitched over the seam formed at the base of the inner thumb member, said strip covering the line 9, 10 and 11 and thus completllltll ting the-mitten. A mitten thus constructed may be decorated in the ordinary way of binding around the wrist or openin 7 Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A mitten composed of similar and in fl dependent" front and back members each having its opposite edges similarly shaped so that the position of said edges may be reversed, said side edges of each member connected byyan uninterrupted curved edge, a thumb front having a base edgeformed of: straight converging vport1ons secured respectively to a straight side edge of both members, and a thumb back secured to the I the position of saidedges may be reversed,

athumb front having a base edge with a straight portion, said straight base portion being secured to a straight side edge of each member, the upper portion of the thumb front being bell-shaped, 'and'a thumb back secured to the upper edges of the thumb front and provided with an extension secured to the last named straight edges of the front and back members.

4: A mitten including independent front and back members identical in shape and each having the opposite edges similarly shaped "so: that the position of said edges maybe reversed an inner thumb member by which said main members are united at a point above their base, a rear thumb mem ber stitched to the mam members below their junction with the inner thumb mem her and to the inner member above said unction.

5. A mitten comprising two 1ndependent similarly shaped reversible main mel'nb'ers,

the opposite edges of each of said main members being similarly shaped so that the position of said edges ,may be reversed, a bell-shaped, reversible thumb front with inwardly converging straight base lines of equal length'stitched to the contiguous edges of the main members, and a thumb back stitched to the rear edges of the thumb front and having inwardly curved edges stitched between the edges of the main members below their junction with the thumb front, said main members being closed together around the remaining edges.

6. A- mitten com-posed of independent equally sized and similarly shaped front and back members, each having straight and similarly shaped side edges so that the position of said edges may be reversed, an inner thumb segment having the base formed of upwardly converging edges meeting centr'ally lat anobtuseangle, and said base edges stitched to contiguous straight edges of the front and back members, and a back thumb segment having its upper portion stitched to the upper portion of the inner thumb segment and its lower portion stitched to the'contiguous front and back members and said main members stitched together from their unction with the thumb.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT N. CARSON.

' Witnesses:

W. \V. HEALEY, 1 JOHN H. HERR-ING;

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